Teaching contents | Procedures | Purposes |
Teacher’s activity | Students’ activity |
Activity 1 | - Teacher asks students to watch the video and answer the questions.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students watch the video and answer the questions.
- Some students give answers.
| To lead students into the topic of Shennongjia. |
Activity 2 | - Teacher asks students to look at the title of the passage and think about what it means.
- Teacher asks students to work in groups and discuss the question. Then invite some students to share the answers.
- Teacher asks students to read the passage and check their answer.
| - Students look at the title of the passage and think about what it means.
- Students work in groups and discus the question. Some students share the answers.
- Students read the passage and check their answers.
| To strengthen students’ ability to understand the topic. |
Activity 3 | - Teacher asks students to read the sentences from the passage and decide if they serve to give data, examples or make comparisons.
- Teacher asks students to discuss in groups, and decide their answers.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students read the sentences from the passage and decide if they serve to give data, examples or make comparisons.
- Students discuss in groups and decide their answers.
- Some students give answers.
| To help students learn giving data, examples and making comparisons. |
Think & Share | - Teacher asks students to think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Some students give answers.
| To enhance students’ understanding of the theme of the passage and encourage students to show their own opinions. |
Activity 4 | - Teacher asks students to think about the similarities and differences between Macquarie Island and Shennongjia and make notes.
- Teacher asks students to discuss their answers in groups, decide the key points and prepare for a talk.
- Teacher invites several students to give their talk to the class and others to make comments.
- Teacher asks students to think about how effectively they used the language they have learnt to talk about the similarities and differences.
| - Students think about the similarities and differences between Macquarie Island and Shennongjia and make notes.
- Students discuss their answers in groups, decide the key points and prepare for a talk.
- Some students give their talk to the class and others make comments.
- Students think about how effectively they used the language they have learnt to talk about the similarities and differences.
| - To help students learn to compare and contrast.
- To improve students’ speaking skill and performance ability.
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Activity 5 | - Teacher asks students to read the passage and think about the questions.
- Teacher divides the class into groups and asks them to discuss the two questions in groups.
- Teacher invites one or two groups to share their answers and others to make comments.
| - Students read the passage and think about the questions.
- Students discuss the questions in groups.
- One or two groups share their answers and others make comments.
| To help students learn why Fanjing Mountain was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. |
Activity 6 | - Teacher asks students to complete the outline based on the information in Activity 5.
- Teacher asks students to draft their lectures about Fanjing Mountain.
| - Students complete the outline based on the information in Activity 5.
- Students draft their lectures about Fanjing Mountain.
| To help students organise the lecture draft before making a lecture. |
Activity 7 | - Teacher divides students into pairs and asks them to make improvements to each other’s lecture drafts.
- Teacher invites one or two pairs to share their answers to the class and others to make comments.
| - Students work in pairs and make improvements to each other’s lecture drafts.
- One or two pairs share their answers to the class and others make comments.
| - To encourage students to learn from their partners.
- To improve students’ writing and speaking skills.
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